Doreen Tovey
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Doreen Tovey (24 October 1918 – 13 January 2008) was an
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writer. She was the author of more than a dozen books about the life she and her husband 'Charles' (real name René) shared with their
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and other animals in
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, England. The books have sold more than 150,000 copies in eight countries.


Bio

Tovey was born in Bristol and then grew up in Southville. She was president of the Siamese Cat Club, president of the West of England Cat Club and president of the
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for
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. Tovey died in 2008.


Books

* ''Cats in the Belfry'', 1958 * ''Cats in May'' (US title ''Cats in Cahoots''), 1959 * ''Donkey Work'', 1963 * ''Life with Grandma'', 1964 * ''Raining Cats and Donkeys'', 1968 * ''The New Boy'', 1970 * ''Double Trouble'', 1972 * ''Making the Horse Laugh'', 1974 * ''The Coming of Saska'', 1976 * ''A Comfort of Cats'', 1979 * ''Roses Round the Door'', 1982 * ''Waiting in the Wings'', 1986 * ''More Cats in the Belfry'', 1997 * ''Cats in Concord'', 2001


References

1918 births 2008 deaths 20th-century English writers People from Somerset 20th-century English women writers Cat fanciers 21st-century English writers 21st-century English women writers RSPCA workers {{England-writer-stub